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e. The 1960s (pronounced "nineteen-sixties", shortened to the " '60s " or the " Sixties ") was a decade that began on January 1, 1960, and ended on December 31, 1969. [1] While the achievements of humans being launched into space, orbiting Earth, and walking on the Moon extended exploration, the Sixties are known as the "countercultural decade ...
A list of musical groups and artists who were active in the 1960s and associated with music in the decade : & The Mysterians. The 13th Floor Elevators. 3's a Crowd. The 31st of February. A Passing Fancy. Aaron Neville. Ace Cannon. The Action. Adam Faith. Adam Wade. The Ad Libs. The Aerovons. Agincourt. Alan Price. Albert Collins. Al Green. Al Hirt.
The counterculture of the 1960s was an anti-establishment cultural phenomenon and political movement that developed in the Western world during the mid-20th century. [3] It began in the early 1960s, [4] and continued through the early 1970s. [5] It is often synonymous with cultural liberalism and with the various social changes of the decade.
- Early 1960s to Early 1970s
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Federal government
1. President: Dwight D. Eisenhower (R-Kansas/Pennsylvania) 2. Vice President: Richard Nixon (R-California) 3. Chief Justice: Earl Warren (California) 4. Speaker of the House of Representatives: Sam Rayburn (D-Texas) 5. Senate Majority Leader: Lyndon B. Johnson (D-Texas) 6. Congress: 86th
January
1. January 2 – U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy (D-MA) announces his candidacy for the Democraticpresidential nomination. 2. January 19 – The Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan is signed in Washington, D.C. 3. January 23 – Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh descend into the Mariana Trench in the bathyscaphe Trieste, reaching the depth of 10,916 meters. 4. January 25 – In Washington, D.C., the National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the payola scandal b...
February
1. February 1 – Greensboro sit-ins: In Greensboro, North Carolina, four black students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University begin a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter. Although they are refused service, they are allowed to stay at the counter. The event triggers many similar nonviolent protests throughout the Southern United States, and six months later, the original four protesters are served lunch at the same counter. 2. February 9 2.1. Adolph Coors...
March
1. March 3 – Elvis Presleyreturns home from Germany to the United States, after being away on military duty for 2 years. 2. March 5 – Elvis Presleyreceives his honorable discharge from the U.S. Army. 3. March 6 – Vietnam War: The United States announces that 3,500 American soldiers will be sent to Vietnam. 4. March 17 – Northwest Airlines Flight 710crashes near Tell City, Indiana, killing all 61 on board. 5. March 22 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent f...
January 1 – Michael Seibert, ice dancer and choreographerJanuary 4January 6 – Howie Long, American football playerJanuary 12 – Dominique Wilkins, French-born basketball playerJanuary–June
1. January 1 – Margaret Sullavan, film actress (b. 1909) 2. January 4 – Dudley Nichols, screenwriter (b. 1895) 3. January 10 – Arthur S. Carpender, admiral (b. 1884) 4. January 12 – William Adams Delano, architect (b. 1874) 5. January 16 – Rudulph Evans, sculptor (b. 1878) 6. January 24 6.1. John Miljan, film actor (b. 1892) 6.2. Matt Moore, Irish-American film actor (b. 1888) 7. January 25 – Diana Barrymore, stage & film actress (b. 1921) 8. January 28 – Zora Neale Hurston, African-American...
July–December
1. July 12 – Buddy Adler, film producer (b. 1906) 2. July 15 – Lawrence Tibbett, operatic baritone (b. 1896) 3. July 16 – John P. Marquand, novelist (b. 1893) 4. July 26 – Cedric Gibbons, Irish-American art director (b. 1893) 5. August 7 – Walden L. Ainsworth, admiral (b. 1886) 6. August 9 – Richard Cramer, actor (b. 1889) 7. August 10 – Frank Lloyd, film director (b. 1886) 8. August 14 – Fred Clarke, baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), member of MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1872) 9. August 23 – Os...
Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969. Categories: Births – Deaths – Architecture. Establishments – Disestablishments. The 1960s (also called the '60s) was the decade that began on January 1, 1960 and ended on December 31, 1969. It is distinct from the decade known as the '''197st decade''' which began on January 1 ...
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The category is for articles and events specifically related to the decade of the 1960s which begins in the year 1960 and ends in the year 1969 . Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1960s. Subcategories. This category has the following 27 subcategories, out of 27 total. 1960 (8 C, 3 P) 1960s by continent (16 C) 1960s by country (15 C)
